Question of the Day #906

People in sports sometimes say an exceptionally close game is a nail-biter.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at KERA News.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 爪をかむ（癖のある）人
2. 展開の読めない話［映画］、ハラハラどきどきするもの

2番の訳は、その状況下で1番の訳をする人がいることから。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

something (such as a close contest) that induces tension or anxiety

   

Examples

• Saturday's semifinal was a real nail-biter.
• Because there were eight members on the panel of judges and no way to break an eventual tie, the decision promised to be a nail-biter.
• It's a genuinely thrilling nail-biter. - Times, Sunday Times (2015)
• A taut little nail-biter, slightly marred by a dubious moral stance. - Times, Sunday Times (2012) (2015)
• Beginning a new campaign, they endured another nail-biter yesterday - and again they could not prevail. - Times, Sunday Times (2013)

   

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Question of the Day #905

Not too long ago, the Detroit rapper was just a fan sitting in the nosebleeds at The Palace of Auburn Hills during the 2004 NBA Finals.

From the 10th paragraph of this article at Slam Online.

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解答

意味：
問題文の場合は、名詞形のnosebleedsでnosebleed seats/sectionの省略です。Nosebleed seatは、英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉〔野球場・競技場・劇場・コンサートホールなどの〕最上階［最上段］の席

   

Answer

The nosebleeds in the sentence above is short for "nosebleed seats" or "nosebleed section." According to The Free Dictionary "nosebleed seat" means:

A seat very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view. "Nosebleed" refers jocularly to the effects of extremely high altitudes on the body, which can often cause nasal hemorrhaging, among other symptoms.

 

Examples

• I wish you wouldn't be so stingy when you buy tickets to football games. I'm sick of sitting up in the nosebleeds to watch them!
• Braden and Zach have spent their fair share of time sitting in the nosebleeds, whether it's at the ballpark, football stadium or basketball arena.
• I waited too long to get tickets to the concert, so all that was left was a nosebleed seat way in the back.
• U.S. Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev found himself seated in the nosebleed section at Margaret Court Arena, even though he was playing his second-round match there. (The New York Times)

   

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Question of the Day #904

“If you are being reactive, you are behind the eight ball,” Seal tells Euromoney.

From the 5th paragraph of this article at Euromoney.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

困った［困難な・不利な・まずい］状況で、窮地に陥って

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

In a challenging situation; at a disadvantage.

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

【語源】ビリヤードでは8番の玉を台のポケットに落としてはいけないというルールがあり、8番ボールの後ろに自分がいて、それを打つとまずいことになるところから。

 

Etymology

According to The Free Dictionary,

An "eight ball" is one of the numbered balls used in the game of pool, and the last one supposed to be hit into a pocket. If the eight ball is accidentally hit into a pocket prematurely, the player will lose, and it therefore needs to be avoided.

   

Examples

• Because I got the flu, I'm behind the eight ball with my Christmas shopping.
• If we don't leave early tomorrow, we'll be behind the eight ball, and I doubt we'll reach the cabin by dusk.
• If you don't get the investigation going right away, you put yourself behind the eight ball.
• Many families in this country are still behind the eight ball and do not enjoy the same standard of living that other people enjoy.
• A term, referring to the game of pool, meaning in an unfavorable or uncomfortable position: “After his unkind remarks were repeated to the boss, Gary really ended up behind the eight ball.”

   

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Question of the Day #903

"We don't want to have all worked very hard during Covid and after Covid and then let this pull the rug from under our feet."

From the headline of this article at the Chronicle Live.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. （人）への援助［支援］を急に［突然］やめる［中止する・打ち切る］
2. 〔援助・支持を突然やめて〕（人）をつまずかせる、（人）の足をすくう

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To suddenly or unexpectedly remove or rescind support, help, or assistance from someone; to abruptly leave someone in a problematic or difficult situation.

 

Examples

• Do you sometimes just have the feeling that someone is trying to pull the rug from under your feet?
• I felt like someone had pulled the rug out from under me when my health insurance said it was going to stop paying for my medical bills.
• I'd love to quit my job, but I just can't pull the rug from under my team like that.
• The only snag is she could be pulling the rug out from under her own feet. The Sun (2010)
• Yet at other times, just when you think this book is on your side, it pulls the rug out from under your feet. Times, Sunday Times (2015)

   

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Question of the Day #902

Plush #1 opens with the main character Devin down and running on empty.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at The GWW.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔自動車が〕ガス欠で走る
2. 〔人・動物が〕空腹状態で走る
3. 〔活動などを〕エネルギー［意欲・熱意］が不足した状態で続ける

1と2の訳で使えないことはないが、実際問題として3の比喩で使うことが圧倒的に多い。
   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left. A reference to a car that has nearly run out of fuel.

   

Examples

• His campaign treasury is running on empty.
• People are working double shifts, their stress levels are getting higher, they are just running on empty.
• I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on empty at this point.
• We were running on empty by the time our team made it to the championship round.
• The band's 2008 appearance is widely agreed to be their finest two hours. Certainly, events after this suggest a band running on empty.

   

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Question of the Day #901

Does washing your hair with beer really work or is it just hogwash?

From the headline of this article at the Hindustan Times.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔ブタの餌となる〕残飯
2. 〈俗〉くだらないもの［話］、ナンセンス

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. SWILL, SLOP
2. NONSENSE, BALDERDASH

   

Examples

• You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us.
• Some motorcycle enthusiasts think the whole idea of trying to shush biker noise is hogwash. —Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2022
• Through it all, Collins has remained focused on combating both the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the anti-science hogwash at the same time. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• There is undoubtedly deceit and hogwash on both sides. - The Sun (2016)
• The regeneration of a deprived area can be reality and not just political hogwash. - Times, Sunday Times (2015)

   

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Question of the Day #900

India: Third Time's The Charm? Unpacking The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

From the headline of this article at Mondaq.

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意味：
Weblioによると、

三度目の正直

Do you think the third time will be the charm?のような使い方もあります。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

The belief or hope that the third attempt at something will be successful. Primarily heard in US.

   

Examples

• I've failed this test twice already, so hopefully the third time's the charm.
• A: "Try turning the generator on again." B: "OK, here we go. Third time's the charm!"
• “Our goal is third time’s the charm, but it’s one game at a time.” (The Journal Gazette)
• Hopefully, the third time’s the charm, and this go-around will have more staying power than the last. (The Shepherd Express)
• American Thinker’s Doris O’Brien opines today that Clinton does have the hope “that through some third-time’s-the-charm magic she could at last realize her dream of becoming the first female president of the United States.” (The New American)

   

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Question of the Day #899

When hell freezes over: Russia’s Arctic ambitions

From the headline of this article at The Hill.

  上記の文で、when hell freezes overの意味は？
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意味：
英辞郎によると、

決して～ない◆【直訳】地獄が凍り付いたら ⇒ 地獄は炎でいっぱいで決して凍り付くことはない ⇒ 決して～ない

Not till hell freezes overやIt will be a cold day in hell (when ~)も同じ意味で使います。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

used to say that one thinks that something will never happen

   

Examples

• I'll apologize when hell freezes over.
• Bob, our family will relinquish control of this company to you when hell freezes over.
• It'll be when hell freezes over before that clown is allowed to run this great state of ours!
• ‘They might give you a pay rise soon.’ ‘Yeah, right. When hell freezes over!’
• “It will be a cold day in hell when I trust her again.”

   

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Question of the Day #898

Costume designer Alex Bovaird quite frankly nailed it.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at the Robb Report.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉〔特定の行為・作業などを〕完璧［見事］にやってのける、〔主語のアクションなどが〕（完璧に）決ま‚é

下記英語の定義2にあるように、ユーモラスに皮肉として使用することもあります。（下記例文5参照。）
 

Answer

According to :

1. To succeed at something in a particularly impressive way.
2. To do something perfectly or accurately. This phrase is often used humorously to describe failures.

   

Examples

• It was only her second or third audition – and she nailed it. - The Guardian (2016)
• And then you nailed it in the final. - The Guardian (2017)
• Her presentation for the CEO went really well. She totally nailed it!
• A: "How was your interview today?" B: "Nailed it."
• When I showed my friend a picture of the cake I was trying to bake, alongside my sad excuse for a replica, she started laughing and said, "Nailed it!"

   

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Question of the Day #897

Keeping Up With The Joneses: Is Your AI Fast Enough?

From the headline of this article at Forbes.

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

最新の流行を追う、隣人と張り合う、世間に後れを取らない

   

Answer

According to Academic.com:

"Keeping up with the Joneses" is a popular catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. It refers to the desire to be seen as being as good as one's neighbours or contemporaries using the comparative benchmarks of social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority.

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

米国の漫画家Arthur R. Momand（アーサー・R・モーマンド）が1913年から28年間新聞に連載した漫画のタイトル「Keeping Up with the Joneses」から。モーマンド氏は、妻Jenniferと共にロングアイランドに引っ越して隣人と見えを張り合った経験を漫画にした。漫画に登場する隣人の名前にはアメリカで一般的なJonesを使い、タイトルを「ジョーンズ家のやつらに負けるな」とした。

 

Etymology

According to Academic.com,

The origin of this phrase is rooted in the popular comic strip of the same name created by cartoonist Arthur R. "Pop" Momand. [According to "The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson] The strip debuted in 1916 in the "New York World", but strips appear in collections dated as early as April 1, 1913. The strip ran in American newspapers for 28 years, and was eventually adapted into books, films, and musical comedies. The "Joneses" of the title were neighbors of the strip's main characters, and were spoken of but never actually seen in person.

   

Examples

• Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
• Her mother was very keen on keeping up with the Joneses, and through much of her teens Linda accepted what she now calls `these false values'.
• A: "Why did she buy such an expensive car?" B: "Well, she lives in a wealthy part of town—I bet she just wants to keep up with the Joneses."
• Of course, in this desperate attempt to keep up with the Joneses, they are all the more likely to end up poor.
• First the Smiths got a swimming pool, and now their neighbours, the Sinclairs, are building one. It’s silly the way people always have to keep up with the Joneses.

   

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Question of the Day #896

It’s become incumbent upon us to call the person with the pronounced Adam’s Apple and 5:00 o’clock shadow “Mary,” if that’s what he (I mean she) demands.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Broad + Liberty.

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

喉仏

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the projection in the front of the neck formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx

 

語源

Very Well Healthによると、

Adam's appleは、聖書やユダヤ・キリスト教に由来する。聖書では、最初の人間だったアダムはエデンの園で禁じられたリンゴを食べた時に、そのリンゴが喉に詰まったとされている。

 

Etymology

According to Very Well Health,

The term Adam’s apple is rooted in the Bible and Judeo-Christian history. According to a Bible story, Adam, the first man, ate the forbidden apple in the Garden of Eden. When he did so, the apple became stuck in his throat.

   

Examples

• Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat.
• The Adam’s Apple is considered a secondary sexual characteristic, meaning it typically develops differently for males and females, with males developing more prominent examples.
• The Adam's apple, or larynx cartilage, gets bigger.
• The Adam's apple is visible in boys but is hardly visible in girls.

   

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Question of the Day #895

Scottie Scheffler Provides ‘TMI’ and Explains His ‘Excruciatingly Painful’ Bu** Crack Injury

From the headline of this article at Essentially Sports.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

[インターネット略] = too much information (情報が多過ぎて混乱状態だ)

下記英語の定義にあるように「特に、個人的な情報を公にした場合に注意として使われることが多い」
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

Too much information
(used especially to suggest that someone has revealed personal information that would better be kept private)

   

Examples

• Some of her [Twitter] followers deemed the disclosures inappropriate and chimed in with judgmental, sarcastic responses such as "TMI" and "Yikes." - Anna Holmes
• Her pregnancy updates are TMI.
• In a true moment of TMI, Dash shared with Williams her penchant for sleeping with potential husbands on the first date.
- WHY STACEY DASH’S LOOKS—NOT HER RACE—MATTER IN HER ROMNEY ENDORSEMENT|ALLISON SAMUELS|OCTOBER 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
• I needed to go to the bathroom very badly—sorry, TMI!
• Facebook users who over-share often get accused of “TMI,” or “too much information.” - THE 'WHERE'S WALDO' BANK ROBBER|WINSTON ROSS|SEPTEMBER 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

   

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Question of the Day #894

She lost her conviction appeal and spent three days in the slammer but refused to do the community service part.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at the Santa Monica Daily Press.

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉刑務所◆通例、the slammer

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

JAIL, PRISON

   

Examples

• He's doing five to ten years in the slammer.
• She emerged from the slammer on Tuesday morning after serving 23 days for drink-driving offences.
• He was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in the slammer. - Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
• The charges are much steeper this time though, and John must call in a favor to ensure Summer doesn't spend most of her life in the slammer. - Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• Others involved in the investigation who took a plea deal were only put in the slammer for five to seven years. - Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021

   

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